The bartender had tried to wake me, but without any success, so he had thrown me out into the street. I was in pretty rough shape, for having slept i... the doorway, but my mind was crystal clear about what had happened the night before with the old man. I assumed he had slipped me something as a prank, and decided to go to a bathhouse to clean up and get my shit together.It felt good to slip into the hot water of the bath, and be scrubbed by two beautiful Japanese women, that is, until I felt. ’ ‘Okay’ was all that I said. We both left the boutique with are packages, chatting like schoolgirls. That night as I dressed in my new bedroom, she came in and gave me a pep talk. We then talked until, Madam Nadia rang the bell announcing the arrival of the first few guests. ‘Here goes,’ I said to my friend as I began to walk to my door. ‘Wait a minute,’ Angela said quickly. She walked up to me and gave me a soft kiss on my lips. ‘For good luck’ she explained. I nodded my head, somewhat dazed. I noticed several of the workers in the Embassy were wearing the required “yellow stars” and I had this sudden feeling that they were all “dead men walking” just waiting to be rounded up and shipped east for labor or re-education or something a lot more sinister.A young girl with a yellow star stamped my visitor’s book and I was given a brochure on the sights and benefits of vacationing in Warsaw that was probably written by some optimist with no sense for the urgency of the time and the. I love you, Abigail." I love you, too, Allie," Abigail said, then heard the phone click.Allison stood in the solitude of the restroom. She splashed water on her face, dried off and then touched up her makeup, trying to make herself presentable. She was already five minutes late for her last class, but she didn't care. The phone call to her sister and brother-in-law confirmed her worst fears. Sure they had planned on telling her parents, but Allison couldn't help but feel that if they had been.